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==Research==
*The Philippines puts more women into the overseas labor market than any country in the world. In 1994 alone, more than 300,000 Filipina workers emigrated, continuing a trend that began in the 1980s. Most migrant women are domestics. Remittances from the 3 million to 4 million Filipinos who work overseas come to as much as $6 billion annually. Rosca, Ninotchka The Philippines's shameful export.(emigrant women). The Nation (New York, N.Y.). (04/17/1995) , 260 (15), p. 522.
*A study issued by the ILO in February revealed that women in developing Asian economies, including the Philippines, Vietnam, India and Thailand, are experiencing "the first blows of job cut." This is because women dominate the workforce in the garment, textiles and electronics industries. Women also form a big part of the labor force of the tourism industry, another hard-hit sector. LABOR-PHILIPPINES: WOMEN MOST VULNERABLE IN BAD ECONOMY.. Interpress service. (03/04/2009) p. 0.